‘No Law Says FEC Meeting Must Hold Every Week’ – Adesina

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina has spoken on President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting on Wednesday.

The media aide in the president’s defense, said that no law stipulated that FEC must meet every week.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today hosted by Seun Okinbaolye yesterday, he stated that the president, who is the chairman of the meeting had the discretion to hold or not to hold the meeting.

He said: “There is no law that says the Federal Executive Council meeting should hold every week. There is no law that says it must be weekly. Under a past administration, it used to hold once every two weeks.

“So, there is no law that says it should hold every Wednesday. It depends on what you have on the agenda to discuss. The President is the Chairman of that meeting. So, he has the discretion to hold or not to hold (the meeting).”

“The fact that FEC does not hold in one week does not mean anything significant because the President has the discretion to hold or not to hold FEC (meetings),” he said.

Asked if the cancellation of Wednesday’s meeting meant that FEC would no longer be meeting weekly, he said it wasn’t the case, before going on to say that the meeting had not held every week over time in the first case.

“That is not correct. It did not hold every week; when this administration began, it did not hold every week. And right from then, it had been understood that the FEC would hold as often as there are things to discuss,” Adesina said.